Plant Details

Accepted name:

Persicaria tinctoria (Aiton) Spach [Polygonaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bai ya	Other	Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014)
chinese-indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cing dai	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
folium polygoni tinctorii	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
färgpilört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
indigo naturalis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
indigo pulverata levis	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
indigoplant leaf	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
jjok	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lan dian	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lan shi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
liao da qing ye	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
liao lan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
liaodaqingye	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
liaolan	Other	Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014)
natural indigo	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
naturalis indigo	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
polygoni tinctorii folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
polygonum indigo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
polygonum-indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
qing dai	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qingdai	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
蓼蓝	Other	Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014)
蓼藍	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
青黛	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaf and stem		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Stem		Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014)
leaf or the stem and leaf	dried powder or masses perpared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf, fruit, dye extract from leaf, sediment from indigo production		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
leaf		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Persicaria tinctoria H.Gross Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 321 (1913), nom. illeg.
Polygonum tinctorium Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 241 (1790), nom. illeg.
Polygonum tinctorium Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 31 (1789).
Ampelygonum tinctorium (Aiton) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 79 (1840).
Pogalis tinctoria (Aiton) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 15 (1837).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Persicaria tinctoria (Aiton) Spach	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Persicaria tinctoria H.Gross	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Polygonu thinctorium Ait.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Polygonum tinctorium	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Polygonum tinctorium AIT.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Polygonum tinctorium Ait.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonum tinctorium Aiton	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonum tinctorium Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum tinctorium W.T.Aiton	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

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